Deaf identity

TDA. Race and mental health. Autism. Depression. Anxiety. Sociopathy and psychopathy. Dyslexia. Schizophrenia. Alzheimer. Bipolarity. Big Pharma. Gut bacteria and mental health. Medications pdf to avoid re dementia. I Happily Took Anti-Depressants During My Pregnancy. I was introduced to the field of reproductive psychiatry three years ago when, at age 37, I told my psychiatrist I was going to try to get pregnant.

She reached behind her for her drug guide, paged through it briefly, then tossed it back. "I don't know enough about this," she said. "I'm going to send you to an expert.
" Reproductive psychiatry is, to put it briefly, the treatment of women with psychological conditions before, during, and after pregnancy.
‘I Don’t Believe in God, but I Believe in Lithium’
The manila folder is full of faded faxes.

The top sheet contains a brief description of my first medically confirmed manic episode, more than 20 years ago, when I was admitted as a teenager to U.C.L.A.’s Neuropsychiatric Institute: “Increased psychomotor rate, decreased need for sleep (about two to three hours a night), racing thoughts and paranoid ideation regarding her parents following her and watching her, as well as taping the phone calls that she was making.”

Interview avec Craig DeLarge.

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Crimes against people with disabilities or mental illness. Ableist Constructs of Mental Health (part 2/3)
The Geek’s Guide to Disability. Disability issues have become a hot topic amongst science fiction and fantasy fans.

Last November, Lynne Thomas, Mary Robinette Kowal, and Michael Damian Thomas published the SF/F Con Accessibility Pledge, and more than 300 folks signed on to attend only those conventions that publish specific statements about disability access, along with contact information for a trained accessibility coordinator, and commit to making accommodations for members as they work to improve access. The pledge was inspired by a series of accessibility fails at high-profile conventions, including several recent World Fantasy Cons.
Ces neurotypiques qui nous diminuent – trolldejardin. [Point vocabulaire avant de commencer.

Dear lady who loudly tutted at me using the disabled loos, I know you saw me running in, with my able bodied legs and all. You saw me opening the door with my two working arms. You saw me without a wheelchair. Without any visible sign of disability.
But You Dont Look Sick? support for those with invisible illness or chronic illness The Spoon Theory Around the World – English, Spanish, Hebrew and now French translations now available - But You Dont Look Sick? support for those with invisible illness o. We have been so happy that “The Spoon Theory” has reached an international audience.

It is amazing how the word “spoons” or this website is being used all over the world. Because of this,
What a white cane really means — Arie Farnam. I found myself prefacing half of what I said in public with a very uncomfortable, "I'm visually impaired and I can't see very far, please understand...
" I was tired of it. The combination of the danger to my kids and the exhaustion of minor conflicts finally beat me into submission and I started using a cane, not just occasionally but all the time. It was awkward. Even my eye specialist was upset because he thought my vision must have degenerated.

23 Things That People In Wheelchairs Have To Cope With. Maysoon Zayid: J'ai 99 problèmes, la paralysie n'est que l'un d'entre eux.
5 Assumptions Behind the 'Fear of Missing Out' That Are Actually Really Ableist. FOMO.
10 Comics That Can Help You Understand Mental Illness. There are times when I feel as though Hyperbole and a Half literally saved my life. My depression never quite reached the depths that she described. But I came close. For many years I lived in denial because when I got divorced, the last words my ex-wife spoke to me was to tell me that I was depressed and I needed help.
5 Things Even the Most Well-Meaning Non-Disabled People Forget. Originally published on The Body Is Not an Apology, and republished here with their permission.

As someone who was born with cerebral palsy – and who has acquired several other disability diagnoses over the years – I’m used to throwing a monkey wrench into everyone else’s plans. That isn’t meant to sound self-pitying. It’s just the way it is. Sometimes, even the most well-meaning of my friends will forget that my disabilities actually have an impact on my daily life. On occasion, even my disabled friends are guilty of this oversight.
This Comic Nails What It's Like to Live With Mental Illness – And It's Not Like Most People Think. Panel 1 (A picture of a person wearing eyeglasses looking to the side with a wide eyed, sad expression on the face.

Both hands are raised up. The head and one side to the level of just below the shoulder are surrounded by the word AAAAAAAAHHHHH!!! In an arc.
Why I Refuse to Say I 'Fight' My Disablity
Recently, I saw a picture on Facebook that said, "I fight cerebral palsy. What's your superpower?
" So much about this illustration focusing on cerebral palsy awareness struck me as wrong and uncomfortable, and it left me with a nauseous feeling in my stomach. Immediately images of me at constant battle with myself popped into my head.

Fight cerebral palsy? I thought. Thankfully, times have changed, and I am not that little girl anymore.
Mask: Sick Woman Theory. In late 2014, I was sick with a chronic condition that, about every 12 to 18 months, gets bad enough to render me, for about five months each time, unable to walk, drive, do my job, sometimes speak or understand language, take a bath without assistance, and leave the bed.
Al Jazeera - What mental illness means to me. Children are everywhere in Gaza. In their striped school uniforms and colourful backpacks, they play in the streets and among the rubble of bombed out houses. They live under siege, and those aged six and over have already experienced three wars in their lifetime. According to UNICEF, during the last one, 539 children were killed, 54,000 became homeless, 2,956 were injured and 1,500 were orphaned.
Liberal ableism. I consider myself to be a dyed-in-the-wool liberal, at least in the way that the term is commonly defined in the United States.